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Summary: Waste of Good Paper and a Very Old Tree
Review: After reading the un-abridged I found the ABRIDGED version a sham and a waste of good paper. Let get political correct and cut out the parts that show the cruilty of the Fedreal troops and just show The Mean Nasty Bad Southerns People supposely were. Cut out the the letters that showed the love and respect that was shown to the slaves and cut out the parts of the Northern Troops raiding and pillaging people homes or setting the houseing on fire with both whites and blacks in them just because the blacks did not want to leave there masters. Cut out the letters of Mother and Childrens crying because they have no food due to the Federal Troops taking it right off their tables or out of ther mouths. Cut out the letters showing druken Federal Troops raping and murdering Southern Women. NOW YOU HAVE THE ABRIDGED VERSION TO SHOW what just a few people want to be shown. Just leave the book a lone and let the letters tell the truith of what happen those terrible days during the war.I read the ABRIDGED and wish I could get my money back!!!!
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Summary: Waste of Good Paper and a Very Old Tree
Review: After reading the un-abridged I found the ABRIDGED version a sham and a waste of good paper. Let get political correct and cut out the parts that show the cruilty of the Fedreal troops and just show The Mean Nasty Bad Southerns People supposely were. Cut out the the letters that showed the love and respect that was shown to the slaves and cut out the parts of the Northern Troops raiding and pillaging people homes or setting the houseing on fire with both whites and blacks in them just because the blacks did not want to leave there masters. Cut out the letters of Mother and Childrens crying because they have no food due to the Federal Troops taking it right off their tables or out of ther mouths. Cut out the letters showing druken Federal Troops raping and murdering Southern Women. NOW YOU HAVE THE ABRIDGED VERSION TO SHOW what just a few people want to be shown. Just leave the book a lone and let the letters tell the truith of what happen those terrible days during the war. I read the ABRIDGED and wish I could get my money back!!!!
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Summary: The True History of Georgia during Civil War
Review: Book is composed of actual letters from family members in Georgia during the Prewar, during actual war and after the Civil War.
You get an actual account on how life was day to day, with very enjoyable and easy to read wording. Much more accruate history in this book, than is currently being taught in our schools.
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Summary: Excellent Historical Account
Review: Factual account of day to day life in easy to read wording. Historically accurate.
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Summary: Not your bland and sanitized version of American history.
Review: I am half way through this 1400 page book and it is hard to put down. The UNABRIDGED edition is a must. It includes an INDEX in the back of Who's Who which lists biographies of the Free and the Slaves. These letters reveal the warm relationships between the whites & blacks in this family, the belief that the South was fighting the second American Revolution to preserve a nation under the Constitution and rule of law, the influence of the Scotch Presbyterian church in evangelizing the Negro population with the gospel, the honorable as well as influential position women held in the home as managers of the household, the difficulty of travel by railroad or horseback, what they ate, wore and how they conducted routine business. I have thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to finishing it. I also recommend "Sarah Morgan's Diary" which is also a firsthand account written in Louisiana by a 19 year old girl. "Sarah Morgan" was much more readable than "Mary Chestnut's Diary" which is probably better known. Sarah Morgan was a gifted writer.
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Summary: Read the UNABRIDGED title if you can find it.
Review: I am half way through this 1400 page book and it is hard to put down. The UNABRIDGED edition is a must. It includes an INDEX in the back of Who's Who which lists biographies of the Free and the Slaves. These letters reveal the warm relationships between the whites & blacks in this family, the belief that the South was fighting the second American Revolution to preserve a nation under the Constitution and rule of law, the influence of the Scotch Presbyterian church in evangelizing the Negro population with the gospel, the honorable as well as influential position women held in the home as managers of the household, the difficulty of travel by railroad or horseback, what they ate, wore and how they conducted routine business. I have thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to finishing it. I also recommend "Sarah Morgan's Diary" which is also a firsthand account written in Louisiana by a 19 year old girl. "Sarah Morgan" was much more readable than "Mary Chestnut's Diary" which is probably better known. Sarah Morgan was a gifted writer.
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Summary: This remarkable book is the real-life "Gone with the Wind."
Review: The following description of this book is from my Civil War in Georgia website. This book contains some 1200 letters of nearly 7000 extant, between the men and women of a large, well-educated family from Liberty County, Georgia. Although the correspondents are numerous, there are four principal writers. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr., a plantation owner, Presbyterian Minister, and promoter of the spiritual welfare of the slaves; Mrs. Charles Jones, Sr., wrote of everyday events on the plantation, attempts to hold the family together, intrusions by Union soldiers at the family plantation "Montevideo" during Sherman's march, and the eventual sale of the family home and her move to New Orleans; Charles Jr., a Harvard-educated lawyer, described family legal matters, including selling land and slaves, and his experiences in the defense of the Georgia coast and the siege of Charleston. He served with the Chatham Light Artillery Battery and as Colonel, Chief of Artillery, District of Georgia, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; Surgeon Major Joseph served in the Confederate Medical Department and conducted research in Confederate prison camps. Among the letters of a sister, Mary Sharpe Jones Mallard, is a description of the siege of Atlanta and her escape to "Montevideo".
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Summary: Excellent first hand account of the Civil War in Georgia
Review: The following description of this book is from my Civil War in Georgia website. This book contains some 1200 letters of nearly 7000 extant, between the men and women of a large, well-educated family from Liberty County, Georgia. Although the correspondents are numerous, there are four principal writers. Charles Colcock Jones, Sr., a plantation owner, Presbyterian Minister, and promoter of the spiritual welfare of the slaves; Mrs. Charles Jones, Sr., wrote of everyday events on the plantation, attempts to hold the family together, intrusions by Union soldiers at the family plantation "Montevideo" during Sherman's march, and the eventual sale of the family home and her move to New Orleans; Charles Jr., a Harvard-educated lawyer, described family legal matters, including selling land and slaves, and his experiences in the defense of the Georgia coast and the siege of Charleston. He served with the Chatham Light Artillery Battery and as Colonel, Chief of Artillery, District of Georgia, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; Surgeon Major Joseph served in the Confederate Medical Department and conducted research in Confederate prison camps. Among the letters of a sister, Mary Sharpe Jones Mallard, is a description of the siege of Atlanta and her escape to "Montevideo".
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Summary: This remarkable book is the real-life "Gone with the Wind."
Review: This book shows better than any other the disruptive effect of the Civil War on the lives of real Southern people. In 1,300 letters between many family members, this magnificant book chronicles the Jones family of Liberty County, Georgia from 1854 until the late 1860s. We see the family's lives from day to day as war clouds gather, the son becomes Mayor of Savannah, the army is raised, Sherman's army arrives and pillages the plantation every day for a month, the family becomes destitute refugees from the chaos of war, the slaves become free workers, etc. We see into the minds and hearts of this good family, experience their births and deaths, joys and sorrows and fears, at the time of the nation's greatest political crisis.
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Summary: Intimate Portrayal of A Georgia Family Living During the War
Review: This work helps to acquaint one with the life and experiences of a southern family who live in Georgia during the Civil War era. The Jones family are tightly knitt clan, who support their beloved confederate state until the end. No matter what happens in their life, they believe in the end that the LORD will help them out and show them the way. A must for anyone with an interest in the Civil War. You come to understand the southern planter experience in this unique piece.
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